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{{Short description|A memorized opener used on many sets}}
{{Infobox term
| name    = Canned opener
| also    = canned openers, stacked openers
| field   = Pickup
| origin  = Mystery-era
| related = [[Opener (pickup)]]; [[Routine game]]; [[Opinion opener]]
}}
A '''canned opener''' is a memorized [[opener (pickup)|opener]] used on many sets — "who lies more," "are you girls gossiping," the spell-your-name bit. ''[[The Game (book)|The Game]]'' is full of them.<ref name="game">{{cite book |last=Strauss |first=Neil |title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref>

Training wheels. House default is [[situational opener|situational]] or [[direct opener|direct]]. Canned lines in 2026 read as canned.

== See also ==
* [[Opener (pickup)]]
* [[Opinion opener]]
* [[Routine game]]
* [[Direct opener]]

== References ==
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